Cigarette-forming device



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S. LACZKO CIGARETTE FORMING DEVICE Filed Dec. 30, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet l INK/ENTER Dec. 11 1923.,

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Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

STEPHEN LACZKO, TOLEDO, OHIO.

CIGARETTE-FORMING- DEVICE.

' 'Application filed December 30, 1920. Serial 190,433,988.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN.LACZKO, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Toledo. in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have made an invention appertaining to Cigarette-Forming Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac- 6 to fold together.

companying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a art of this specification.

1y invention has for its object to provide a convenientcigarette forming device which will contain tobacco and hold paper in convenient relation to the forming device and which, moreover, will readily form cigarettes.

The constructions containing the invention may partake of different forms. To illustrate a practical application of the invention I have selected a structure containing the invention and shall describe it hereinafter. The structure selected is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawings illustrates a perspective view of the device closed. and illustrates a cigarette formed and delivered from the forming device. a top view showing the forming device opened. Fig. 3 illustrates a rear view showing a part of the forming device lifted from the cover of the container which encloses the forming device, the tobacco and the paper. sitions of the forming device showing steps in the formation and delivery of the cigarette. Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing a controlling cross bar.

1 in Fig. 1 is a box to which is hinged the cover 2. Within the box 1 is located a hinged partition 3 that forms a cover for the tobacco box. the tobacco being located in the lower part- 1 of the box 1. The cover 3 is formed of two portions 5 and 6 that are pivoted together by means of the pin 7. A spring 8 tends to cause the portions 5 and p The spring 8 tends to raise the portion 5 of the cover. The portion 6 of the cover is pivotally connected by means of a pin 9 to an inwardly extending flange or ledge 10. The portion 6 is held down by the spring 8, acting against the portion 5 when the cover is closed, and the Fig. 2 illustrates.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 illustrate different poportion 5 is held down by the catch snap 11. The cover 3 closes against an inwardly extending flange or ledge 12 and is held against the ledge by the action of the snap 11 that extends through the opening 15 formed in the cover 3.

The paper 13 is secured beneath a strip of spring metal 14. The strip 14 is secured to the portion 5 of the cover 3. The paper 13 is of the usual tissue, like the paper commonly used for covering cigarettes.

A sheet of paper 13 is placed in position in the folding device and then the cover 3 is opened by the operation of the spring 8 when the snap 11 is pushed inwardly. This permits the portion 5 of the cover to be thrown back by the operation of the spring 8. Tobacco may then be taken from the chamber 4 of the box 1 and placed on the 7 sheet of paper located in position on the folding device.

The foldingdevice is provided with a pieceof oblong sheet material 16, preferably fabric, that is secured at one end to the movable cross bar 17, and at the other end to the adjustable roller 18. The cross bar 17 is mounted on a frame 19 that is hinged to the cover 2 by means of the hinges 20. The frame 19 may be secured by the snap catch 21 that passes through an opening formed in the frame 19. The cross bar 17 extends around the side edges of the frame 19 and is provided with ears 22 that extend through slots 23 formed in the frame. The ears 22 are bent laterally to a position substantially parallel with the plane of the frame 19. The bar 17 is guided .by means of the slots 23 and the ears 22. The ears 22 are connected by means of springs 24 to brackets 25 that are formed integral or soldered to the frame 19. Theroller 18'is supported in the brackets 25. One end of the roller is provided with a toothed wheel 26, and a spring dog 27 is secured to the frame 19 so as to engage the toothed wheel 26 to prevent rotation of the .roller 18, except as considerable force may be applied to the wheel 26. This permits the adjustment of the fabric 16 as between the cross bar 17 and the roller 18. When it is desired to form a small cigarette or to pack a cigarette tight the roller 18 is adjusted so as to shorten the length of the fabric between the roller l 8 and the cross bar 17.

The frame'19'is provided with inturned side edges 28, and sliding members 29 formed,

of sheet metal are formed so as to extend around the side edges of the frame 19, and also to extend under the inturned'edges 28. The inturned edges 28 operate to guide the sliding members 29 along the edges of the frame 19. Links 30 are pivotally connected to the box 1 and tQ the sliding members 29 so that when the cover is opened the sliding members 29- will be drawn towards the hinges of the cover, and when the cover is closed the sliding members 29 will be-moved towards the outer edgeof the frame 19. A bar 31 extends over the frame 19 and con nects the sliding members 29 together so that asthe cover is opened or closed the bar 31 moves over the face of the frame 19. The bar 31 is located between the face of the frame 19 and the fabric 16, while the roller 18 is located on the back of the frame 19, and the fabric 16 extendsthrough an edge of the opening 34, and when in this position the cross bar 17. is drawn against the tension of the springs 24 to a point the slots 23. When the cross bar 17 reaches the ends of the slots 23 the tobacco has been enclosed between one edge ofthe paper 13' v the tobacco while the space is being filled,

below the lower edge of the opening 34.

The slots 23 extend from a point below the edge ofthe opening 34 to a point about mid-- way between the upper and lower edges of the opening 34. The movements of the cross bar 17 are thus limited by the slots 23 within certain points with respect to the opening 34, while the cross bar 31 may move across from near one edge of the frame 19 to near the other edge.

When the box is completely opened and the cross bars 31 and 17 are near the lower edge of the frame 19 in the position shown in Fig. 2, a' sheet of paper 13 may be placed on the fabric 16, and the fabric and paper tucked into the opening 34 and between the cross bar 31 and the ,upper edge of theopening 34. The cover 3 may then be opened by operating the catch 11, and tobacco inserted in the space formed by tucking the paper and the fabric into the opening 34. The

upper edge of the paper 13 may then be wetted by the use of the tongue or in any other manner, and then the box may be closed, whereupon the rolled cigarette will is attached to the cross bar 17 together with the rod 31. The cross bar 17 moves along the frame 19 until it reaches the ends of and particularly while it is being covered by thus bringing the edge of the paper to the center of the paper, ears or flanges35 extend rearwardly from the frame 19-sub stantially in the form of a semi-circle. They extend practically from the upper to the lower edges of the opening 34 and so as to cover the edges of the fabric and the paper when they are tucked. in the opening 34.

Upon continued closing movement of the cover 2 the cross bar 31 begins to draw the fabric 16 tight against the tobacco since' the cross bar 17 has reached the ends of the slots 23 and is held against further upward movement. The fabric is now drawn tightly around the tobacco as the cross bar 31 has reached .and passed the upper edge of the opening 4. Continued closing movement of the cover and continued upward movement of (Te cross bar pulls a portion of the fabric ar mind the tobacco and against the portion or the fabric between the cross bar 31 and the cross bar 17, and thus operates to furtl r squeeze the tobacco as the bar 31 is mo edalong the frame 19.v The fabric moreover is pulled over the bar 31 as it moves aong the frame 19 in the form of a pulley and causes the paper 13 to roll 7 about the tobacco until the paper 13 is en- I tirely rolled up and the wetted or gummed pon further closing movement of the cover 2 the cross bar 31 is carried across the opening 32 and the cross bar being held close to the frame the cigarette passes "through the opening 32 and appears within the opening-33 formed in the cover of the are turned inward-so as to form a recess about the, opening 33 and thus the cigarette 37 appears within the recess on the fabric 16 which is ,now stretched from the roller 18 over the cross bar 31 which is located near the outer edge of the frame 19, and the cross bar '17. By this time the box is closed and may be inserted in the pocket of the user after the cigarette is taken from the recess formedin the top of the box.

I claim 1. In a cigarette forming device, a pivoted frame, a sheet material connected at box. The side edges 36 of the opening 33 one end to the frame, a cross bar connected to the other end of the sheet material, springs for sliding the first named cross bar along the frame, a second cross 'bar, links connected to the second named cross bar for drawing the first' named. cross bar a short distance along the frame when the frame is in one position, and for permitting the movement of the first named crossbar by the springs as the frame is moved to another position, and at the same time looping the fabric about the cigarette and for moving the second named cross bar in ad- Vance of the cigarette while the first named cross bar is held.

2. In a cigarette forming device a box having a hinged cover, a frame connected to the cover and having two openings, a

sheet material extending from thebac-k of the frame through one of the openings across the other of the openings a movable bar connected to one end of the sheet material, and an adjustable bar connected to the other end of the sheet material for adjusting the tension of the sheet material, a bar for engaging the sheet material intermediate the ends thereof, and means for causing the bar to move across the said openings, means for limiting the movements of the first named movable bar to substantially across one of the 0penings,the cover having an opening registering with the other of the said openings, the third named bar operating to stretch the sheet material across the two openings of the frame and across the opening ofthe cover.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

STEPHEN LACZKO. 

